Innovation Grant Programs
Affordable Funding Solutions
UGI Save Smart Program: CHP Rebate
Rebates are payable at $750 per kW on equipment installed, up to 50% of the project cost with a $250,000 maximum per customer.
Current or new UGI natural gas customers in Pennsylvania on Rate Schedule DS or LFD are eligible for these rebates. To learn more about CHP, contact your UGI Sales rep or email savesmart@ugi.com.
Rebates are available to UGI natural gas customers in Pennsylvania with Rate Schedule DS or LFD. Customers must meet all program requirements. UGI reserves the right to make a final determination regarding customer eligibility and also reserves the right at any time to extend, modify or terminate this program. Rebates are subject to funding availability.
UGI Technology and Economic Development (TED) Rider
The TED Rider is a negotiated rider available to Customers within the UGI service territory under Tariff Rate Schedules N, NT, DS or LFD. The Rider will be utilized to support the expansion of new technologies such as combined heat and power and natural gas vehicles, power generation and support economic development in Pennsylvania.
Pipeline Investment Program (PIPE)
Receive grants up to one million dollars to construct the last few miles of natural gas distribution lines to business parks, existing manufacturing and industrial enterprises. The goal is to create new economic base jobs while providing natural gas for residents.
Program is available to economic development organizations, businesses, municipalities, hospitals, and school districts.
Learn more about PIPE and apply.
Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions in Pennsylvania (RISE PA)
The RISE PA (Reducing Industrial Sector Emissions) program provides substantial grant funding for industrial decarbonization and combined heat and power (CHP) upgrades. Managed by the PA DEP and PennTAP, this $396 million initiative provides subsidies covering up to percent of total project costs.
Learn more about RISE PA and apply.
Low Carbon ITC
Federal clean energy laws, such as the Inflation Reduction Act and subsequent legislation, provide a 30% Investment Tax Credit (ITC) (roughly equivalent to a 1/3 incentive) for specific clean energy equipment, including fuel cells and linear generators.
The following resources and official guides outline the requirements, qualifications, and limits for these tax incentives:
- Fuel Cell & Linear Generator Guidelines: Review how these high-efficiency decentralized energy properties qualify under Section 48 and Section 48E of the tax code in the Department of Energy Fuel Cell Fact Sheet.
Clean Electricity Investment Credit
The Clean Electricity Investment Credit is a newly established, tech-neutral investment tax credit that replaces the Energy Investment Tax Credit once it phases out at the end of 2024. This is an emissions-based incentive that is neutral and flexible between clean electricity technologies.
Learn more about the Clean Electricity Investment Credit.
Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program (AFIG)
The Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant Program offers grants to help offset the costs of upgrading vehicle fleets to compressed natural gas (CNG) through retrofit or purchasing new, as well as purchasing and installing fleet refueling equipment.
This program is available to school districts, municipal authorities, political subdivisions, nonprofit entities, corporations, limited liability companies or partnerships incorporated or registered in the Commonwealth.
Learn more about AFIG and apply.